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Management of Chronic Ankle Instability in the Handball Player

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Handball is a fast contact sport, resulting in high loading forces to both the upper and the lower limbs, leading to both acute and chronic injuries. Surveys from international and national multisport events have shown handball to be among those with the highest injury rate [1–3].

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  1. Clinique du Sport, Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Pietro Spennacchio

  2. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Princess Royal Hospital, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire, UK

    Mike Carmont

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar - Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Aspire Zone, Doha, Qatar

    Pieter D’Hooghe M.D., M.Sc., M.B.A.

  4. Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Jon Karlsson

  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Manuel J. Pellegrini

  6. Ripoll y De Prado Sports Clinic, Murcia-Madrid FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Murcia, Spain

    Hélder Pereira

  7. Orthopedic Department of Póvoa de Varzim—Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal

    Hélder Pereira

  8. ICVS/3 Bs—Associate Laboratory, Minho University, Braga, Portugal

    Hélder Pereira

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Spennacchio, P., Carmont, M., D’Hooghe, P., Karlsson, J., Pellegrini, M.J., Pereira, H. (2018). Management of Chronic Ankle Instability in the Handball Player. In: Laver, L., Landreau, P., Seil, R., Popovic, N. (eds) Handball Sports Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55892-8_25

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